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Minar of Firuzabad

Iran

Minar of Firuzabad
Minar of Firuzabad. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Minar was a staged, tower-like structure built in the center of the Sasanian circular city of Gōr (modern Firuzabad, Iran). Several theories have been proposed for its purpose. Only the core of the structure remains today.

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